Expert sees lots of positives in Li's work report

Perspective

Nicholas Lardy, a leading authority in the United States on China's economy, felt a slight difference in the tone of Premier Li Keqiang's Government Work Report at the beginning of the National People's Congress.

He described the language used as "more decisive", "more concrete and specific" compared with leaders from a few years ago, but the message has been consistent with the ones from the Third Plenum of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in November as well as speeches made by President Xi Jinping and Premier Li in the past year.